Study Suggests Cell Phones May Lead to Heart Disease, Kidney Trouble

I have a chronic kidney stone problem, doctors have yet to tell me what the cause may be "drink more water" they always tell me, I assure you I drink plenty. But still with the constant pain and emergency room visits. Its hard for me to believe its from my cell phone (which is always by my side) but at this point I wont rule anything out. So I suppose this means my heart is next?

For two decades now they have been searching to find a link between the cell phone and any possible human ailment. They have been unable to prove anything has such effects with any conclusiveness. In addition, in the timeframe in question since cell phones have been used by the majority of the public at very heavy useage rates, there have been NO significant or even slightly significant changes in the rate of brain tumors, kidney stones, etc among the adult or adolescent population versus what they were before the advent of cell phones and their common use. Any study that has come out to large headlines in the media about this topic always puts something about the tumor possibilities in the front of the article, but in the bottom states that no conclusive connection was found. The fact of the matter is that some people who use their toilet on a daily basis will get tumors, or kidney stones, or whatever. That does not mean that the toilet causes them. Many many people who use the same items on a regular basis DO NOT have any problems. In fact the vast MAJORITY of people do not. Over 95%. That is about the same as the GENERAL POPULATION that develops the same problems or disorders.
When some study shows you that over the course of the study period, with consistent phone use, toilet use, whatever you are studying, with proper controls and ruling out all genetic, environmental, dietary causes, etc, and the people saw a spike in the rate of tumors or stones or whatever vs the general control group of the public, then you can show causality.
No one, from any country, from any study over two decades has been able to do that. Despite the fact that they have all been trying really hard to do so, and the media has been dying to report that story. It hasn't happened. Maybe there is something to THAT.

I don't think any amount of irradiation to organs, blood, what-have-you, comes anywhere near the death toll caused by the destruction of intelligence (a quality that cannot be direcly measured) that causes people to wrongly think they can navigate a shopping cart, much less a car, while they're texting and gabbing.

Statistics show relationships that may not be cause and effects. Perhaps the link isn't the cell phone itself. but a lack of excersise. Cell phone on the belt means less effort sending and recieving calls.

I find it fascinating so many people see cell phones as a health risk yet I encounter people YAKKING on them all the time! While driving, in dressing rooms at stores, in the freaking public bathrooms! If you all are so afraid of cells then HANG UP already! What in your life is so dang important you have to have a phone glued to your ear 24/7? I wish they were banned nationwide while driving, period.

according to the NTSB, cell phone use caused or contributed to as many fatal car accidents as drunk drivers. we should be at least a little bit concerned about that.

according to the NTSB, cell phone use caused or contributed to as many fatal car accidents in 2006 as drunk drivers did. we should be at least a little bit concerned about that. those deaths were almost 100% totally preventable. just sayin'....

have a nice day!

Matt: that's quite a diatribe! You don't happen to work for LG, Blackberry or Verizon do you?!

The key phrase in the report is "MAY POTENTIALLY" which is not a strong corallary. It's like saying driving may potentially cause a sprained ankle.

Until a recognized long term study utilizes a phrase stronger than "may potentially cause" I'll continue to utilize my wireless device(s).

I'll believe it when I actually see it. But for now, 20+ years of cell phone usage in this country and no reported incidents is enough to convince me that they're harmless.

I get kidney stones bad. I did not start getting them until I was pregnant with my daughter. That was about a year or two after I got my cell phone. However, I also drink a gallon or more of milk a day. That could contribute also.

I don't use my cell phone that often really. It just sits around in my pocketbook or on the table. I only use it for "emergencies" (meaning contacting parents), or if I'm in a waiting room and I just play around with it. I should tell my mother, who you ALWAYS see on her cell phone and it irritates my father and I!! I tell her all the time, but she never listens. I should bookmark this and show it to her, maybe it'll change her. It probably won't either way, because most people look at things and say they'll stop and it may happen for aweek, but the next week, you're back to your old habits.

I think I am the only person in the world who does not have a cell phone and I never will get one. I do believe that they will cause health problems down the road if you are on it a lot.